Man Vs Bryopsis - Kent's, Continuum, and Vibrant treatment thread

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Oh come on dont be bashful show us what you have going on :)
You mean you want to see the bryopsis growth? I had the growth suppressed to almost 98% eradicated. Then I found pyramid snails and monti eat nudibranchs and laziness took over. Then after realizing the berghia nudibranchs didn't eat all of my aiptasia, laziness really took over lol. That said, I still pull a bunch every week during water changes. But not enough to say I'm working on ridding the tank of it.
 

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These rocks were covered in bryopsis 2.5 years ago

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This was the tank in it's prime...

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This is the untouched areas that laziness took over...Keep in mind that actinics JUST turned on. Most corals still trying to sleep lol

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This is the new fresh canvas I've been working on...

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This was the tank in it's prime...

20160109_122117-2.jpg

This is the untouched areas that laziness took over...Keep in mind that actinics JUST turned on. Most corals still trying to sleep lol

20160826_085326.jpg
20160826_085342.jpg
20160826_085356.jpg
20160826_085443.jpg

This is the new fresh canvas I've been working on...

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This is how my tank is starting to get :(
 

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This is how my tank is starting to get :(
I feel your pain. :(

I take it all with stride. Like with growing pains, it's learning pains. Prevention is the best cure to disaster. There is hope, it just takes diligence. You are on the right path of ridding your tank. But I would take it further than just Tech M. With the addition of manual removal and maybe some h202 spot treatment, I think you could win.

For me, I started with a cheap standard 20 on a cheap stand. I did this because it was my first reef tank. It wasn't difficult for me to start over. Heck, I wanted a nice new tank anyway. ;)
 

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This was the tank in it's prime...

20160109_122117-2.jpg

This is the untouched areas that laziness took over...Keep in mind that actinics JUST turned on. Most corals still trying to sleep lol

20160826_085326.jpg
20160826_085342.jpg
20160826_085356.jpg
20160826_085443.jpg

This is the new fresh canvas I've been working on...

20160819_120351.jpg
That is a piece of cake!! Don't give up :)
 

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I feel your pain. :(

I take it all with stride. Like with growing pains, it's learning pains. Prevention is the best cure to disaster. There is hope, it just takes diligence. You are on the right path of ridding your tank. But I would take it further than just Tech M. With the addition of manual removal and maybe some h202 spot treatment, I think you could win.

For me, I started with a cheap standard 20 on a cheap stand. I did this because it was my first reef tank. It wasn't difficult for me to start over. Heck, I wanted a nice new tank anyway. ;)
Also sally lightfoot's are awesome
Thats how I beat my bryopsis
 

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Also sally lightfoot's are awesome
Thats how I beat my bryopsis
I thought about one of them. They recommend a large tank? I didn't know how that would work in my 20. Not a whole of sand bed to walk on either. That tank has a six line wrasse helping keep the pyramid snail population down. My snails are actually able to eat now. I think I was able to rid the tank of monti eating nudis but then again, I haven't been looking for them. At the rate this tank had been going, I am really surprised i never got flatworms. Really the only issues that stand out are aiptasia and bryopsis.
 

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I thought about one of them. They recommend a large tank? I didn't know how that would work in my 20. Not a whole of sand bed to walk on either. That tank has a six line wrasse helping keep the pyramid snail population down. My snails are actually able to eat now. I think I was able to rid the tank of monti eating nudis but then again, I haven't been looking for them. At the rate this tank had been going, I am really surprised i never got flatworms. Really the only issues that stand out are aiptasia and bryopsis.
Sounds like you got everything under the sun well minus hydroids
I have kept 4 Sally's in my old 46g BF for several years
 

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What makes this fight even more difficult is - there's more than one species of bryopsis, and there are other feathery algae that look like bryopsis but aren't.

Does Tech m affect all of the above? any of the above? the latest ingredient change I heard about was around the beginning of the year. no proof of anything though.
 

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Bryopsis took hold of my tank about 2 years ago and I destroyed it in a couple of weeks with Tech-M.
 

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Thanks for the thread and keep us updated!
 

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